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2010
S. N. Wooters, Calhoun, B. H., and Blalock, T. N., An Energy-Efficient Subthreshold Level Converter in 130-nm CMOS, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 57, pp. 290-294, 2010.
M. Guevara, Marino, M. D., Meng, J., Satyamoorthy, P., Szafaryn, L. G., Wu, P., Meyer, B., Skadron, K., Lach, J., and Calhoun, B. H., Exploiting Dynamically Changing Parallelism with a Reconfigurable Array of Homogeneous Sub-cores, in TECHCON, 2010.
B. H. Calhoun, Ryan, J., Khanna, S., Putic, M., and Lach, J., Flexible Circuits and Architectures for Ultra Low Power, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 98, pp. 267-282, 2010.
R. W. Mann, Wang, J., Nalam, S., Khanna, S., Braceras, G., Pilo, H., and Calhoun, B. H., Impact of circuit assist methods on margin and performance in 6T SRAM, Journal of Solid State Electronics, vol. 54, pp. 1398-1407, 2010.
J. Wang, Nalam, S., Qi, J., Mann, R. W., Stan, M., and Calhoun, B. H., Improving SRAM Vmin and Yield by Using Variation-Aware BTI Stress, in CICC, San Jose, CA, 2010.
, Limits of Bias Based Assist Methods in Nano-Scale 6T SRAM, in ISQED, 2010, pp. 1-8.
B. H. Calhoun, Arrabi, S., Khanna, S., Shakhsheer, Y., Craig, K., Ryan, J., and Lach, J., REESES: Rapid Efficient Energy Scalable ElectronicS, in GOMAC Tech, 2010.
J. Qi, Wang, J., Calhoun, B. H., and Stan, M., SRAM-Based NBTI/PBTI Sensor System Design, in Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Diego, CA, 2010, pp. 849-852.
J. Wang and Calhoun, B. H., Standby Supply Voltage Minimization for Reliable Nanoscale SRAMs, in Solid State Circuits Technologies, J. W. Swart, Ed. INTECH, 2010.
J. F. Ryan and Calhoun, B. H., A Sub-Threshold FPGA with Low-Swing Dual-VDD Interconnect in 90nm CMOS, in Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2010.
B. H. Calhoun, Khanna, S., Zhang, Y., Ryan, J., and Otis, B., System Design Principles Combining Sub-threshold Circuits and Architectures with Energy Scavening Mechanisms, in International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Paris, France, 2010, pp. 269-272.
J. Wang, Singhee, A., Rutenbar, R. A., and Calhoun, B. H., Two Fast Methods for Estimating the Minimum Standby Supply Voltage for Large SRAMs, Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 29, pp. 1908-1920, 2010.
S. Nalam, Bhargava, M., Mai, K., and Calhoun, B. H., Virtual Prototyper (ViPro): An Early Design Space Exploration and Optimization Tool for SRAM Designers, in Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2010, pp. 138-143.
2011
S. Nalam and Calhoun, B. H., 5T SRAM with Asymmetric Sizing for Improved Read Stability, JSSC, 2011.
Y. Shakhsheer, Khanna, S., Craig, K., Arrabi, S., Lach, J., and Calhoun, B. H., A 90nm Data Flow Processor Demonstrating Fine Grained DVS for Energy Efficient Operation from 0.25V to 1.2V, in Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, 2011.
J. F. Ryan, Khanna, S., and Calhoun, B. H., An Analytical Model for Performance Yield of Nanoscale SRAM Accounting for the Sense Amplifier Strobe Signal, in Internation Symposium on Lower Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2011.
J. Boley, Calhoun, B. H., and Wang, J., Analyzing Subthreshold Bitcell Topologies and the Effects of Assist Methods on SRAM Vmin. 2011.
W. C. Eberhardt, Shakhsheer, Y. A., and Calhoun, B. H., A Bio-Inspired Artificial Whisker for Fluid Motion Sensing with Increased Sensitivity and Reliability, in IEEE Sensors, Limrick, Ireland, 2011.
B. H. Calhoun, Lach, J., Stankovic, J., Wentzloff, D. D., Whitehouse, K., Barth, A., Brown, J. K., Li, Q., Oh, S., Roberts, N., and Zhang, Y., Body Sensor Networks: A Holistic Approach From Silicon to Users, IEEE Proceedings, 2011.
Y. Zhang and Calhoun, B. H., The Cost of Fixing Hold Time Violations in Sub-threshold Circuits. 2011.
B. H. Meyer, Calhoun, B. H., Lach, J. C., and Skadron, K., Cost-effective Safety and Fault Localization using Distributed Temporal Redundancy, CASES. 2011.
S. Nalam, Chandra, V., Aitken, R. C., and Calhoun, B. H., Dynamic Write Limited Minimum Operating Voltage for Nanoscale SRAM, in Design Automation and Test Europe (DATE), 2011.
Y. Zhang, Shakhsheer, Y., Barth, A. T., Powell, Jr., H. C., Ridenour, S. A., Hanson, M. A., Lach, J., and Calhoun, B. H., Energy Efficient Design for Body Sensor Nodes, Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, 2011.
J. Wang, Hoefler, A., and Calhoun, B. H., An Enhanced Canary-based System with BIST for SRAM Standby Power Reduction, Transactions on VLSI Systems (TVLSI), 2011.
C. T. Murphy, W. Eberhardt, C., Calhoun, B. H., and Mann, D. A., Flow-induced Vibrations of Pinniped Vibrissae: Effects of Angular Orientation and Implications for Hydrodynamic Reception, in Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2011.

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